So Steve Ferrone...I was watching a Tom Petty DVD earlier (Live at the Olympic) and I forgot how much I truly enjoy his playing. He's SO solid and SO tasty...you couldn't break his backbeat with a bat. Every song was a lesson in groove and musicality in a rock type of setting. He's really mastered the "less is more" aspect of drumming...he has the chops to totally throw out some crazy 64th note 13 over 5 madness, but he plays for the song. The more drummers I hear, the less impressed by chops and the MORE impressed am I with drummers that can lay down a solid foundation in any type of music and still retain a very indetifiable voice. Steve Ferrone is one of those guys and I think he deserves all the work/praise he gets! From The Average White Band to Eric Clapton to David Sanborn to the great Johnny Cash, Steve Ferrone has proved that he's one of the best players out there! (plus he seems really cool from the interviews I've read/watched)

The headliner for this show is Steve Ferrone and His All-star band!
The members of this band have played with Jackson Browne, Eric
Clapton, Tom Petty and the Average White Band. A R@B Experience not
to be missed! On vocals for this band is Alex Ligertwood from
Santana. Alex sang the award winning song "I'm Winning" and played
with Carlos for years.

Opening the show will be Barry Sparks the Current bass player for
Dokken and Ted Nugent. He brings a great band that even has a small
Jazz influence. Along with Barry we understand Don Dokken will
come in and sing a couple of Dokken hits. Each year the best in the
world come by and jam. Names too big to announce!

Can't believe I never posted in this thread. Steve Ferrone is solid as a rock. Love his playing with Chaka and George Duke. Any Ferrone fan should own the George Duke Band live DVD: Louis Johnson on bass, Paul Jackson Jnr on guitar. Yep, that's a serious band right there. The best track isn't on youtube yet so you'll have to make do with this one:

"It's Good to Be King" , Tom Petty, Wildflowers cd. Quite simply one of the top shuffles ever recorded!

genius.

i first came across steve when he was playing with duran duran. i was sad to read later in MD he was not too thrilled to have been playing with them. in some ways i can see his angle, but i loved "notoious" and thought his playing on that album was sick.

Definitely one of the under enthused over players around. His playing with George Duke and with Chaka is phenomenal. I couldn't agree more with NouveauCliche abut his groove and his pocket. Although he did play with AWB, however, wasn't it JR that played on Pick up the Pieces?

Don't thank me, thank Google and it's unnerving power to make you double check something you're absolutely sure about just in case you embarrass yourself in front of people you don't know and will never meet.

To be honest, Im not familiar with his work. He came to my work (motorcycle store) a year and a half a go and I recognized him. We talked for a while and hes a very, very nice guy. Always smileing. He has an English accent for those who dont know. He has come in a few times since then. A week and a half ago was the last time he came in. Again, smileing and very friendly. Always comes in, shakes my hand and says hello. Hes a big guy too. About 6'1 and probably 225-235.

JR has a cool Hot Licks video thats out of print...I got lucky and found one used on Amazon...

Is it really? I picked it up no problems here in the UK. I still see it in drum stores. It's a gread vid but I want to see him play with a band. There's NO footage on the net or anywhere else as far as I can tell of him with a band. Absolutely friggin' ridiculous. Do a search for Travis Barker, 1000's of results; do a search for the most important pop-hit drummer of the last 20 years, and zippo. Such is life.

I thought he died during the recording of that Cd...but I could be wrong...
Its all good...

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Originally Posted by Womble

Is it really? I picked it up no problems here in the UK. I still see it in drum stores. It's a gread vid but I want to see him play with a band. There's NO footage on the net or anywhere else as far as I can tell of him with a band. Absolutely friggin' ridiculous. Do a search for Travis Barker, 1000's of results; do a search for the most important pop-hit drummer of the last 20 years, and zippo. Such is life.

Yeah I feel the same way about Mike Clark and Sonny Emory...

Clark is a beast and Emory was one of the original flash players...even Lang mentioned him as an influence....and ofcourse theres nothing on the web of those guys....

Type in Joey Jordison and you get a gazillion clips....
Nuff with the rantin back to topic!

Pretty sure Robbie plays on pick up the pieces, as he plays on the whole of 'the white album' and ferrone took over when Robbie died of drugs overdose(I think) after that album. Cut the cake is their next album with Ferrone on.

You just gotta love his groove.His work with Petty is unbelievable,he is without a doubt one of the best pocket drummers around.I was listening to Wildflowers last night while enjoying an adult beverage with a few friends,his drumming can really bring you places.SUPERB.

I was watching the video "I Should Have Now It" with Tom Petty. Steve Ferrone plays for the song, the feel, the heart. His drumming is based more on the song than the drums itself..........excellent different drummer.

I read that entire interview and it was great. I met him here at a drum clinic and he was as down to earth as one could be. As he was signing an autograph we were talking football.soccer.
I'm also glad that someone else has found Drumhead magazine.

Been listening to this guy's playing off Tom Petty's Wildflowers for a while now. He is fantastic, plays for the music, and it fits perfectly. 'You Wreck Me' and 'It's Good to Be King' really stand out for me off that album because of his playing.

I had no idea he played on the Clapton Unplugged album. I'm going to re-listen to that, that's made my day!

Been listening to this guy's playing off Tom Petty's Wildflowers for a while now. He is fantastic, plays for the music, and it fits perfectly. 'You Wreck Me' and 'It's Good to Be King' really stand out for me off that album because of his playing.

I had no idea he played on the Clapton Unplugged album. I'm going to re-listen to that, that's made my day!

Great album for Steve. Though he has stated he his not proud of it, I love his playing on Duran Duran'sNotorious too.

I read that entire interview and it was great. I met him here at a drum clinic and he was as down to earth as one could be. As he was signing an autograph we were talking football.soccer.
I'm also glad that someone else has found Drumhead magazine.

I met him at the same clinic if it was the one at the Old Tampa Mars Music (now a Guitar Center). LMK if you'd like any of the shots.

He's dynamite and one of the nicest down to earth guys I've ever met. There were quite a few folks at the clinic and he stayed, signed, took pictures with EVERYBODY, and hung out until he had spoken with everyone waiting to talk to him. Just a nice guy